For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
Judges
History / SamuelWherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Exodus
Law / MosesAfter he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
Judges
HistoryAnd I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThe LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things:
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Genesis
LawHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis
LawMost men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven:
Deuteronomy
LawHe hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Luke
GospelsAnd I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Matthew
GospelsThou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
Numbers
LawAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
Exodus
Law / MosesSo he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.